Memorizer



March 4, 1941. CARQLIN 2,234,075

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/ ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES.

PATENT ()FFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to an educational device for aiding in learning.More particularly, the invention relates to a device for displayingproblems and answer items to be learned respectively in juxtapositionwhere they can be studied and visually associated, and for hiding atwill said answer items while they are written down for practice andtesting using the problem to suggest the items to be written.

It is an object of the invention to' provide a structure which lendsitself to the particular needs of each student in any particular study,with which the student can with a minimum of effort prepare his ownstudy text of items which he has particular need to learn, and withwhich.

he can rehearse and test his learning.

A further object of the invention is toprovide an inexpensive structurewhich may be of size and form convenient for carrying in pocket orhandbag with which a student can study, rehearse or test his lesson andlearning whenever and wherever he may have a moment to spare.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. l is a plan view of a memorizerdisclosing an embodiment of the invention, the mmorizer being shown openand ready for use;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. l on the line 2-2;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view' similar to the upper part of theright-hand portion of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the righthand upper part of thestructure shown in Fig. l, the cover leaf being closed or in functioningposition;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the work of the studentin the last column;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the last column beingtorn off.

Referring to the accompanying. drawings by numerals, l indicates thefront of the device and 2 the back, which are connected by a connectoror binder 3. The front and back may be perforated to receive theconnector or binder 3 and the Various leaves hereinafter described mayalso be perforated so that the entire structure, in a broad sense,presents a loose-leaf book or it may be bound or fastened in any otherway.

As shown particularly in Fig. 2, means have been provided for presentinga plurality of lessons, which lessons may be different subject matter orthe same subject matter. As indicated in Fig. 3, 4 indicates a cover ormask sheet, for instance for the first lesson, and 5 a problem andanswer sheet coacting with the cover sheet 4.

Associated with the problem and answer sheet 5 are a number of worksheets 6. Only two of these work sheets 6 are shown in Fig. 3 but itwill be evident that many more may be used if desired. The work sheets 6are full-width sheets While the instruction sheets 5 are approximatelytwo-thirds width and the cover sheets 4 are approximately one-thirdwidth. As shown in Fig. 2, a plurality of groups of sheets as shown inFig. 3 are provided. The various work sheets 6 10 may not be providedwith coinciding horizontal 15:

lines-as shown in the drawings.

The instruction sheet 5 is divided by a line into columns l0 and II. Asthe instruction sheet 5 overlaps two-thirds of the work sheet 6, therewill be left exposed to view a single column l2 on each work sheet.Column l0 carries certain information, as for instance, the correctanswers to different questions. Column ll carries problems, e. g., wordsor signs which call for the correct answers shown in column lil. For

1 instance, at the upper part of column Iii, certain nouns have beenwritten in Spanish and in column H the same nouns have been written inEnglish. This idea is carried out throughout the columns for thevariousinformation to be studied. If some Spanish speaking person intends tostudy English, column Ill would contain English words, signs, or otherproblems, and column ll would have the corresponding Spanish words.

After the student has attempted to memorize the answers contained incolumn l0, he swings the cover leaf 4 over to the position shown in Fig.4 and then writes the answers in column I2 from memory. As shown in Fig.5, the words manj woman and house are written in English in column IIand the student Writes these same words in Spanish in column l2. Theother matteris also written in column Why the student. As indicated inthe lower part of Fig.

5, the student has incorrectly spelled the word seizure in Spanish, andalso two of the shorthand notes have been incorrectly placed. Thestudent writes all the matter in column l2 from memory, and in order tocheck the accuracy thereof he swings the cover sheet back to theposition shown in Figs. 1 and 6. This exposes the column l0 and thestudent may readily check off his answers and concentrate his furtherstudy on those items Where he has erred. As illustrated in Fig. 5, threeof the answers are incorrect. The student then tears off column [2 fromthe uppermost work sheet 6. This discloses column l2 on the next worksheet.

After the student has memorized the correct answers to the threequestions that were wrong he again writes from memory all the answers incolumn l2, or if he prefers, only those which were wrong. Before writingthe answers the student will, of course, swing cover sheet 4 over to theposition shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Whenever the student is writing incolumn l2, the cover sheetd is always functioning to cover column l0. Byrepeating this process several times the correct answers are memorized.

By systematic repetition memorizing is obtained, namely, the retentionin the memory of the correct answers. This structure may be used in thestudy of various types of problems, e. g., foreign languages,stenography, chemistry, or other studies where a certain amount ofmemorization is essential, and in general in any learning where aparticular answer is called for in response to a brief problem.

After the work sheet 6 has been used it may be torn away along theperforated line 8; the perforations being thus provided in my preferredembodiment in order to substantially equalize the thickness of the bookthroughout its width and prevent unequal thickness caused by tearing offcolumn l2 from a number of the work sheets.

It will be understood that when the book as shown in Fig. 2 is firstpurchased it will have instructions 53 on the inside surface of thefront I and the various sheets 4, 5 and 6 will be blank, or the book maybe supplied with printed question and answer material in columns I andH.

In using the device in blank form the student will copy in column IIIthe matter to be studied and will also copy the matter in column II. Ifit should be desired to study Spanish, column 10 would be supplied withSpanish words and col umn ll supplied with English words correspondingto the Words in Spanish. All these words would be copied from anoriginal Spanish instruction book and placed on the instruction sheet bythe student. After the tWo columns have been filled with the desiredwords, cover sheet 4 is moved to the position shown in Fig. and then thestudent writes in column 12 the Spanish words for the words found incolumn I I. In this way the student will have the experience of writingboth the Spanish and the English words, and in that way fix them in hismind. Any words he incorrectly writes in column [2 after repeating thisprocess several times, may be transferred to another lesson to befurther memorized and tested. The student may fill in the questions andanswers on only one section of the book at one time or may fill in theentire book and memorize as many items at one time as he may desire. Thebook may be printed or otherwise supplied with material in the answercolumn In and the question column H to supply the student with studymaterial instead of these columns being blank as in the drawings, but itis to be understood that the words, formulas, etc., which have beenshown filled in, in Figure 1, are merely intended to show by example howthe invention is used, and that any such words, etc., do not constitutepart of the actual structure of the invention.

An aid to memorizing as described and shown in the accompanying drawingsrequires a certain amount of systematic repetition by the student andthis assists in fixing the correct answers in the students mind.

I claim:

1. A practice and testing book which comprises a binding, a sheet havinglines transverse to the binding and lines parallel to the binding andintersecting said first-mentioned lines for defining two columns of rowsof spaces adapted for inscriptions respectively of problems and answers,and a mask sheet bound with said first-named sheets, and aligned withthe columns and adapted to cover the column nearest the binding, and oneor more sheets bearing lines in alignment with the transverse lines ofthe first sheets and defining spaces adapted to receive written answers,said last-named sheets extending beyond the edge of the first-namedsheets which is parallel to the binding, whereby said last writtenanswers may be composed with said first answers.

2. A practice and testing book as defined in claim 1, in which there ismore than one sheet adapted to receive the written answers associatedwith each of the first-named sheets, and each of said sheets adapted toreceive the written answers is perforated along a line between theportions thereof extended for the written answers and the edges of saidsheets adjacent to the binding, whereby at least said extended partproviding the spaces for the written answers may be removed.

3. A practice and testing book as defined in claim 1, in which there ismore than one sheet adapted to receive the written answers associatedwith the first-named sheet, and each of said sheets adapted to receivethe written answers is perforated along a line coinciding with the edgeof said first-named sheet.

4. A practice and testing book which comprises a binding, a sheet havinglines defining rows of spaces extending across columns, each columnadapted for inscription of problems and answers respectively, and a masksheet bound with said first-named sheets and aligned with and adapted tocover one of the columns of said first-named sheet, and one or moresheets having a column of rows of spaces aligned with and adjacent tocorresponding spaces of one of the columns of the first-named sheet, andadapted to receive written answers, said column of spaces on thelastnamed sheets extending beyond the edge of the first-named sheets,whereby said last written answers may be compared with the firstanswers.

GUY CAROLIN.

